Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:19:48 +0900 (JST) From: Masafumi NAKANE <max@wide.ad.jp> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), pvernon@purdue.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, max@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessability (was Re: question) Message-ID: <199807272319.IAA08986@access.sfc.wide.ad.jp>
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Sorry, I'm on the road and can't really spend much time on emails at t
his point.
But, I will be more than happy to help you with this after I get home
on 08/09. Since I'm accessing FreeBSD using DOS and screen reader,
I'm sure I can be some help.
Basically, what Mike suggests will enable the installation
using screen reader under dos.
What we, as FreeBSD developers, probably should consider is to put -D
(or was it -d) in the boot.config of the boot floppy.
I will comment on what Terry has written, which is quite important
when I get home.
Cheers,
Max
At 24 Jul 17:22 , Mike Smith wrote:
>
>> > Max; I copied you on this because if anyone knows about how to make this
>> > happen, you do.
>> >
>> > > I want to install 2.2.7 on one of my machines. I have to install it over a
>> > > serial port because I am blind and need to read the screen during install.
>> > > My speech software runs under dos. Thus, i must install it on my new
>> > > machine from my dos box. I'm not sure how to install it on a machine im not
>> > > physically at.
>> >
>> > FreeBSD supports using the first serial port on your system as the
>> > console port. If you don't have a video card in the system, it will
>> > use the serial port instead.
>> >
>> > Then you simply connect the serial port from the FreeBSD system to your
>> > DOS system, and use a DOS terminal program to provide you with a
>> > console.
>>
>> It seems that it would be a good idea to provide some way to invoke
>> this with as little work as possible from a boot floppy.
>
>There is an option in the bootstrap to probe the keyboard; I'm not sure
>if it's the default or not. If the keyboard's not present, it will use
>the serial port.
>
>> It would also be a good idea to start thinking in terms of accessibility
>> functions for the console, the keyboard driver, and Free-B.S.D. in
>> general.
>
>Thinking is easy; finding a developer interested in taking on the work
>less so.
>
>Your suggestions are pretty good though (if unoriginal 8)
>
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